Ask Memphis Grizzlies fans what the team’s most important goal for the offseason should be, and the majority will likely give you one common answer — re-sign Mike Conley. The Grizzly veteran has played all nine of his NBA seasons in Memphis and has blossomed into ...
With the NFL Draft only a week away, former Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch has already inked a deal with Nike, according to reports. Lynch is the first rookie in the 2016 class to sign a contract with Nike. The company says it will continue to announce new signees to the Nike Football family leading ...
The NCAA released its annual list of programs receiving Public Recognition Awards Monday afternoon, and three University of Memphis athletic teams were honored. Memphis’s rifle, men’s cross-country and women’s golf teams were given Public Recognition Awards, which signify exceptional Academic ...
After putting forth his best overall season in his four years at Memphis, it was announced Tuesday that Tiger forward Shaq Goodwin was invited to the 2016 Portsmouth Invitational. The Portsmouth Invitational is an annual tournament that has invited 64 college basketball seniors to Portsmouth, Virginia, ...
Following a 2-2 week in which the Tigers picked up two victories over American Athletic Conference foe East Carolina, Memphis pitcher Molly Smith was named to the conference Honor Roll on Tuesday. Smith pitched in all four games for Memphis last week, earning wins in two complete game outings against ...
When a baseball player’s season is prematurely cut short, the usual culprits are shoulder or elbow injuries. However almost exactly one year ago, University of Memphis baseball outfielder Chris Carrier was ruled out for his sophomore season after being diagnosed with a much more serious condition ...
In 2009, Michael Jordan, one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. During his speech, Jordan cried, and the Internet was never the same. It took a few years, but over the last several months the meme known as Crying Jordan ...
The University of Memphis men’s tennis team has played a brutal schedule to so far in 2016, with 15 of its first 17 matches coming against programs ranked in the top 75 in the country, and that experience is starting to pay off in the form of dominating victories late in the season. The Tigers (12-8, ...
With the Memphis women’s basketball program wrapping up an 18-13 season with a six-point home loss to UT Martin in the first round of the WNIT, it would be easy to discredit the 2015-16 campaign as simply a slightly improved effort in a string of middling seasons. That would be doing the Tigers a ...
For the second consecutive year, Memphis’ season has come to an end before the true start to March Madness. The Tigers made a surprise run to the American Athletic Conference Tournament finals before falling to UConn Sunday, but still found themselves left out of both the NCAA and NIT postseason tournaments. Monday ...
